NEW Shopify Product Integration

June 2, 2022

NEW Shopify Product Integration

We are excited about having launched a new integration feature with Shopify that can allow you to add and link your FinerWorks virtual inventory with your store’s products. However, we want feedback on ways to make it better.

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022

A New Way to Scan Your Artwork

A simple way to create high-quality images of your artwork. Capturing a high-resolution image of a painting is difficult and expensive. But with Artzip, an innovative new app launching in beta this weekend, artists can now easily create high-res images of their artwork using a smartphone.

May 5, 2022May 7, 2022

3 Important Tips for Borderless Prints and Cards

I think one of the reasons that FinerWorks attracts the initial interest of photographers who are used to working with their local photo lab is the idea of bordered prints. Artists doing reproductions on their work tend to prefer bordered prints as well however there are times when a borderless print is opted for instead. For some types of prints, this may even be the only option. There are 3 tips I think will help anyone planning on producing a borderless print or card.

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022

Finding a Matching Print Size

Aspect ratio is a term you may have heard in relation to printing artwork or photos and if you have not heard of this but want to start printing, then those two words will soon become part of your vocabulary.

March 22, 2022March 31, 2022

What’s New in 2022

We are almost at the end of the first quarter of 2022 and at FinerWorks we have been quite busy. Here are some of the things which have happened or we are anticipating will happen in the next few weeks.

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022

Improving Repeat Sales for Artists

If you are drop shipping your orders, there are things you can do to improve your seller to buyer relationship. Many times, online sales are built around how a seller treats their buyers, especially with first time buyers. With selling artwork and photography online, creating repeat buyers as collectors of your work should be a goal. Below we will share 3 of the methods at FinerWorks we see has been extremely effective.

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

Getting Ready for Printing in 2022

It was in 2020 that we like many others faced the unknown. While we were able to get past it, 2021 posed some interesting and unique challenges. The obvious ones were getting supplies needed to fulfill orders. The other was price increases we experienced and continue to feel. Below I have discussed some of the biggest areas impacted in 2021 at FinerWorks and what we plan to do in 2022.

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021

Poll Results: Best Way for Artists to Sell Prints

Last year (2020) we first sent out this survey because a lot of artists, wonder what the best way is to sell their prints. This year (2021) we wanted to see if there was much of a change in the answers we received. Obvious COVID did change many people’s purchasing methods in 2020 but with many buyers and sellers resuming a pre-pandemic pattern, we wanted to see if this was reflected with the artists who use our services.

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

How to Charge More for Prints

Increasing the value can help you charge more for your prints. Doing so requires finding ways to make your print worth more and creating an emotional attachment to the buyer with the print.

July 2, 2021July 2, 2021

Your Prints Up Close

I remember back in the mid to late 90s being exposed to the photographic quality inkjet prints were producing around then. A co-worker of mine who photographed little league sports photography on the side and sold the prints he made to the parents. He had invested in a HP printer which produced remarkable 8×10 photo prints for that time. When he showed me the print quality I was enamored and decided I wanted to get my hands on a good quality inkjet printer so that I could make prints of my digital artwork.